Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Chicken experiement #1, day 21

Third week into the experiment.

Cornish cross are eating twice as much as the other chickens, on average. "feed consumed" is feed that has been put into the feeder. Some of it remains uneaten at the end of the day, some is wasted. It'll average out in the end.

Heritage bird are getting 7lbs of food a week, cornish are getting 14lbs. Cornish also consuming more bedding material due to increased manure output -- makes sense. More food = more poo.

In terms of efficiency, no surprise that the cornish cross are the hands-down winner at 2lbs of feed per pound of chicken, but surprisingly the light brahmas are doing better than the other breeds, for second place.